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		<title>You can be Jackson Pollock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Carmichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find the Jackson Pollock inside you (or your kids)! Here is my first attempt&#8230; ;) (click to enlarge) Who the heck is Jackson Pollock?? (via Parent Hacks ) Share TweetTweetNo related posts.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.jacksonpollock.org/">Find the Jackson Pollock</a> inside you (or your kids)!</p>
<p>Here is my first attempt&#8230; ;)<br />
<a href="http://cailean.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/pollock.jpg" class="imagelink" title="pollock"><img src="http://cailean.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/pollock.thumbnail.jpg" alt="pollock" height="117" width="175" /><br />
(click to enlarge)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock">Who the heck is Jackson Pollock</a>??</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://www.parenthacks.com/2006/09/let_your_kid_cr.html">Parent Hacks</a> )</p>
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		<title>Photoshop curves explained!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Carmichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those areas in Photoshop that has always baffled me&#8230; how do you get nice flowing lines without a tablet-like device? I stumbled across this article does a wonderful job of explaining, simply and directly, how to use a path to create a curvy line. Finally! Share TweetTweetRelated posts: Social Bookmarking Explained [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.agavegroup.com/images/articles/photoshopCurvedLine/curve3.gif" alt="" align="left" />This is one of those areas in Photoshop that has always baffled me&#8230;  how do you get nice flowing lines without a tablet-like device?</p>
<p>I <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com">stumbled </a>across <a title="Curvy lines in Photoshop" href="http://www.agavegroup.com/wp-trackback.php?p=68">this article</a> does a wonderful job of explaining, simply and directly, how to use a path to create a curvy line.  Finally!</p>
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		<title>Nifty Statistics Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Carmichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbled across this tool this morning&#8230; Fascinating stuff. Did you know, for example, that in the &#8216;child poverty&#8217; list the United States is #2 and Canada is #7? This correlation graph is especially interesting&#8230; There is also a companion site called StateMaster. Share TweetTweetRelated posts: Twitter&#8217;s Scalability Problem Isn&#8217;t Fixed
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">Stumbled</a> across <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/">this tool</a> this morning&#8230;  Fascinating stuff.</p>
<p>Did you know, for example, that in the <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_chi_pov-economy-child-poverty#rest" title="Child Poverty on NationMaster">&#8216;child poverty&#8217; list</a> the United States is #2 and Canada is #7? <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/plot/mil_con_arm_exp/ter_vic_of_the_sep_11t_200_att_percap/flag">This correlation graph</a> is especially interesting&#8230;</p>
<p>There is also a companion site called <a href="http://www.statemaster.com" title="StateMaster">StateMaster</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/eco_chi_pov-economy-child-poverty"><img src="http://cailean.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/nationmaster.jpg" alt="NationMaster" /></a></p>
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		<title>We&#8217;re in the news!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Carmichael</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! My hometown got a mention on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2006/08/22/skateboard-fundraiser.html" title="Cool!">CBC.ca</a>!</p>
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